Who is the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition?

Our mission is to reverse the trend of mass incarceration in Colorado. We are a coalition of nearly 7,000 individual members and over 100 faith and community organizations who have united to stop perpetual prison expansion in Colorado through policy and sentence reform.

Our chief areas of interest include drug policy reform, women in prison, racial injustice, the impact of incarceration on children and families, the problems associated with re-entry and stopping the practice of using private prisons in our state.

Monday, November 19, 2007

The U.S. has the world's largest incarcerated population, with 2.2 million Americans in prison or jail on any given day. At the same time, statistics show that there is little relationship between incarceration rates and crime rates, proving that overflowing prisons are not making us safer.

This new report, co-authored by nine leading criminology and penal experts, calls for universal adoption of proven reforms, including reducing time served in prison and eliminating prison time for technical parole and probation violations.